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- ↑ FIS Biography
- ↑ "Canada Snowboard completes Olympic team". CBC Sports . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 25, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Anderson named to Canada's snowboard team". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 25, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ↑ McCarter, Shannon (January 25, 2018). "13 more snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for PyeongChang 2018". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved January 27, 2018.